Chris:

You make some interesting points, however, I am not sure thay are necessarily valid.

1. My point about Laserdisc is that a relatively small number of early adopters were able to sustain the format for a long time - that may prove to be true also with HDDVD/Bluray.

2. Although DVD may seem like a 'no brainer' now, it was certainly not viewed that way back in 1997. Then, there were quite diparate views on whether the consumper proposition of DVD was compelling enough to ensure the formats sucess - much like where we are today with HDDVD/Bluray.

3. 'No real consumer appetite anyway. DVD is good'. DVD is good, no question; but HD is better. I said it before, but anyone with an HDTV biger than, say, 40" is going to want HD on disc, just like they have spoken clearly and loudly that they want HD from the networks/cable channels. It is no differnt IMO.

4. Yes, the format confusion complicates things, but not IMO to the point where it kills the formats.

Just my opinions!

Simon

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